Goths

The Goths were a Germanic people that originated in Colonia Dacia in present-day Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia. When the Eastern Roman Empire and the Huns drove them from their homes, they split into the Visigoths (Eastern Goths) and Ostrogoths (Western Goths). The Visigoths went on to conquer Spain and found the Kingdom of Asturias, while the Ostrogoths founded the Kingdom of Rome. Gothic culture heavily influences Germany's architecture and their language, with "Gothic Cathedrals" becoming a signature form of Gothic architecture.

History
The Goths originated as the "Gutes" of Sweden, who settled on the island of Gotland. In 1300 BC, the first Scandinavians emigrated to Europe, and the Scythians were a tribe of Goths who settled in present-day Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. One tribe, the main tribe of the Goths, settled in the area called "Colonia Dacia" by the Roman Republic. They lived in peace, and even allied with the Roman Empire, until the Huns and Sarmatians invaded Colonia Dacia in the 360s BC. Driven from their homes, the Goths were forced to emigrate to the Eastern Roman Empire, and Emperor Valens Flavius granted them all citizenship. However, Ostrogoth chief Fritigern attempted to conquer Roman lands to establish a permanent home, and Valens was killed by the Goths in 378 AD in the Battle of Adrianople. The Romans were annihilated, and the Goths gained a new home. The Goths went on to conquer Spain in 402 AD, and they sacked Rome in 408 AD. By then, they had split into the "Visigoths" (Eastern Goths that took over Spain and southern France) and "Ostrogoths" (Western Goths that took over northern Italy). The Ostrogoths were wiped out in 537 AD by the Byzantine Empire, and the Visigoths remained as the leaders of all of Spain until 811, when the Berbers conquered all of Spain but Asturias; the Visigoths remained in Asturias and became Basques and Asturians.